Romper.



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ROMPER.

APPLICATION. man SEPT. 4. 1911.

Patented 'Feb. 19, 1918.

( ied/z): v 225/ JEANNE. SHEEHY, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1%318.

Application filed September 4, 1917. Serial No. 189,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOANNA SHEEHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rompers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a childs garment.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a garmentparticularly adapted for use by small children, which is of simpledesign, being cut from a single piece of material, easily finished, andreadily placed in position upon the wearer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pair of rompers whichmay be washed as a flat piece of goods and readily ironed flat, thuseliminating considerable time and inconvenience in laundry work.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating the garment as worn.

Fig. 2 is a view in plan illustrating the blank of material from whichthe garment is formed.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation illustrating the complete garment,disclosing it as folded out flat to show the various details ofconstruction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a blank offabric material from which the garment is formed. This blank is cut witha rectangular front portion 11 connected at its bottom end with a seatportion 12, these portions being separated by V-shaped cut-away portions13 and 14 which are in longitudinal alinement with each other and extendwith their apexes toward each other. Another rectangular portion 15extends from the opposite side of the front portion 11 to formshoulders. This portion 15 is shorter in width than the portions 11 and12. Formed mid-way the length of the shoulder portion 15 and extendingoutwardly at the opposite sides thereof are sleeve pieces 16 and 17. Aneck opening 18 is cut through the shoulder portion substantially on aline mid-way the width of the sleeve portions and in the center of theshoulder portion. This opening is here shown as rectangular. It will beunderstood that this material is cut from a pattern which isproportioned in its dimensions to the size of the wearer, the distancefrom the dotted line a across the center of the shoulder portion, to thecenter of the cutaway portions 13 and 14, corresponding to the height ofthe child from the knees to the tops of the shoulders, while the lengthof the seat portion is sufficient to allow the lower edge of this memberto be buttoned along the back of the waist when the garment iscompleted. It will further be understood that the shoulder portion 15extends from the waist in front, over the shoulders, and terminatesalong the waist-line at the back.

After the material has been cut as shown in Fig. 2, a cut is made alongthe dotted line B from the outer end of the shoulder piece to the neckopening. The shoulder piece is then folded on the dotted line -ain Fig.2 of the drawings to form the waist. This is done by stitching thecontiguous edges of the material together along the sleeve portions anddown the sides of the shoulder portions. It will be understood that theneck, cuffs and other exposed edges of the material may be faced orotherwise finished as desired. After the waist has been formed, theoutwardly extending side portions of the front piece 11 are folded over.As will be noted by reference to Fig. 2, these side portions haveoccurred due to the relatively narrow width of the shoulder piece. Theseportions are then stitched along their upper edges to the edge of theshoulder piece which has been folded over to form the waist. The loweredge of the seat portion is then gathered until it corresponds in widthto the width of the waist. This will provide a desirable fullness aroundthe waist and seat of the garment. Button holes are then worked alongthe three edges of the seat, one particularly being disposed at thecorner of each side adjacent the edge of the cut-away portion. Otherbutton holes. are worked along one edge of the waist portion formed bythe cut -B. .Buttons are then placed along the opposite edge of the cut-B- to correspond with the holes worked along the previously mentionededge. Other buttons are placed around the back of the waist to registerwith the holes along the gathered edge of the seat portion, while othersets of buttons are secured along the overturned strips 19 and 20 of thefront portion to register with the button holes along the sides of theseat portion. One of these buttons is placed at the lower corner of eachof these strips adjacent the upper inclined edges of the cut-awayportions to register with the button holes previously described as beinglaced at the corners of the seat portion adjacent the lower inclinededges of the cut-away portions.

When this garment is'to be worn, the arms are placed in the sleeves 21and the back of the Waist is buttoned up. The seat portion is then drawnupwardly between the legs and buttoned along the back of the waist anddown the sides. When this has been done the legs will extend through thecut-away portions 13 and 14, thus providing a complete garment.

It will thus be seen that the garment here disclosed is simple in itsconstruction, may be readily made from one piece-of material, easilyplaced upon the wearer, and conveniently laundrie While I have shown thepreferred construction of my rompers as now known to me, it will beunderstood that various changes in the combination, construction andarrangement of parts may be made by those skilled in the art Withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

A romper cut from a single piece of material, said cut materialcomprising a rectangular front portion, a rectangular seat portion;there being V-shaped cut-away portions between the seat portion andfront portion; a rectangular shoulder portion extending from theopposite side of the front portion from the seat portion; said shoulderportion being shorter in width than the front and seat portions; andsleeve portions ex-' tending outwardly from the sides of the shoulderportion mid-way of its length; there being a neck opening at the centerof the shoulder portion and a slit extending from the neck opening tothe edge of the shoulder portion at right angles to the line of thesleeve portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOANNA SHEEHY.

